Fire in Ventura County, California
Fire in Ventura County, California
25 September 2009
On the morning of 22 September 2009, a wildfire broke out in Ventura County, California. As of 7:00 a.m. local time on 23 September, the Guiberson Fire had spread over 8,500 acres (roughly 35 square kilometers) and was just 10 percent contained, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. CNN reported that the fires threat to hundreds of homes prompted Californias governor to declare a state of emergency. According to the Los Angeles Times, the fire was expected to spread to 10,000 acres (about 40 square kilometers) on 23 September 2009, thanks to low humidity and strong winds.
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASAs Terra satellite captured this true-color image shortly before noon local time (19:00 UTC) on 22 September 2009. Red lines indicate hotspots where MODIS has detected unusually hot surface temperatures, and they roughly outline the Guiberson Fires perimeter. Within the perimeter, source points for the smoke plumes appear as tiny pale gray pinpoints. Smoke blows southwestward away from the fire and toward the coast.
(source: earth observatory)
